[1] Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit on him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
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[2] He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
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[3] A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment to truth.
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[4] He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. ¶
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[5] Thus says God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; he that gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
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[6] I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
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[7] To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
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[8] I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
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[9] Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
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[10] Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
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[11] Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar does inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
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[12] Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
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[13] The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yes, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
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[14] I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
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[15] I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
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[16] And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do to them, and not forsake them. ¶
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[17] They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, You are our gods.
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[18] Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
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[19] Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD’s servant?
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[20] Seeing many things, but you observe not; opening the ears, but he hears not.
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[21] The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.
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[22] But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivers; for a spoil, and none says, Restore.
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[23] Who among you will give ear to this? who will listen and hear for the time to come?
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[24] Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient to his law.
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[25] Therefore he has poured on him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it has set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
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